Reborn American Giants

In the early morning, the mist in the forest has not dissipated. A trace of white mist lingers among the evergreen forest leaves. Huge trees rise into the sky, and the roots of many trees grow various "plate-like" leaves.

"Roots" extend 2-3 meters from the base of the trunk and extend downward in a radial pattern.

Some have many well-developed aerial roots. These aerial roots hang down from the trunk. After being embedded in the soil, they continue to grow and grow thicker, forming many "trunks", as big as "one tree".

The momentum of "Chenglin" is very spectacular.

Ivy, bromeliads, and some unnamed vines climb up these huge tree trunks, twining and parasitizing between these tall trees. September to November is exactly the flowering period of these vines.

, they bloom flowers of different colors, decorating the whole forest colorfully.

Victor was wearing a close-fitting gray hunting jacket, carrying a Winchester M70 long-body sporting rifle, and walked among the rocks covered with moss and lichen. The ground was covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves and dead branches.

, the humus soil layer is covered underneath.

It was very quiet in the forest. The lingering mist seemed to cut off all sounds. The petioles of the forest trees stretched like a giant open umbrella. It was like a "cocoon", completely separating Victor and his thoughts from the outside world.

Isolate.

Next to him, Chairman Amfilo is dressed the same as Victor. As an old man in his sixties, no matter how straight his figure is and how energetic he looks, walking beside Victor, he can't hide that he has already changed.

In the prime of life.

The high spirits and heroic spirit of his youth have long since disappeared without a trace. His temples have also turned gray, and his once strong body has become thinner and thinner day by day. Those clothes that he wore in the past always made him look energetic.

When he put the suit on, he found that his thin shoulders could no longer hold up.

His expression became increasingly serious, and his eyes were colder than before. The characteristics of his job made him hide in the huge party supervisory office in the National Assembly Palace, watching with indifferent eyes what happened in the empty Parliament Palace.

A move.

"Asdias, your hands are as cold as corpses," the former leader of the opposition party, Robert Dabson, held his hands and whispered in his ear: "And I also look forward to the day when this day will truly come true."

The arrival of..."

Amfilo had been climbing the political ladder for years, starting as a secretary in a small rural town, and he witnessed the death of democracy in El Salvador when the Labor Party's government of Arturo Araujo was overthrown by the ambitious military in 1931.

Maximiano Hernandez Martínez overthrew El Salvador and ushered in more than 50 years of military dictatorship.

From then on, the young Amfilo determined to enter the political arena, and began to slowly climb up the ladder as an adult, starting from the clerk, to the local chief executive, and then to the junior ministerial level officer. Until now, he has become the basic secretary.

The chairman of the National Committee of the Democratic Party, the top three bosses in the party, occupies a very important position among the 20 most powerful members of the cabinet of military junta chairman Jose Napoleon Duarte, as the supervisor of the ruling party

, the Christian Democrats firmly control the National Assembly.

As a reflection of the importance of this position, he not only has an office in the National Assembly Palace, but also has a huge and luxuriously decorated office in the Independence Palace, just a stone's throw away from the President, in case President Jose

You can ask him about the situation in the parliament at any time. In this building, portraits of the leaders who have ruled El Salvador can be seen everywhere. Every brick and tile here is full of the majesty of power and the solemnity of history.

However, what Amfilo does in this public office does not reflect his rights as chairman of the Christian Democratic Party and supervisor of the National Assembly. These two positions are within the party. He actually

He does not have those cabinet ministers in his own department

He has such huge power to control the wind and rain in a third of an acre of land. Therefore, Amfilo cannot order or control the huge State Council and huge administrative and government affairs processing agencies. He can only quietly hide behind the flowers and applause, silently

Watch and work.

Without public speaking, flashlights or interviews, he was just a shadow on the ground under the sunlight.

At the same time, Amfilo is also the embodiment of discipline and iron-bloodedness. As a promoter of various policies, he must only adhere to principles and be selfless. This makes his colleagues in the party not only respect him, but also a little bit.

With "little" awe, he is always counting the votes in his hands. In order to ensure the smooth passage of the bill, he must ensure that all his congressmen must firmly remember which side his butt sits on.

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In order to achieve this, he must know every move of his congressmen. It can be said that these congressmen who appear to be well-dressed and aloof in front of outsiders have no secrets or privacy in front of Amfilo.

, he has complete control over it all, such as alcoholism, drug abuse, soliciting prostitutes, keeping mistresses, collecting political donations at will, having too deep entanglements with interest groups, etc. This is all nonsense. If exposed, these people can be "discredited."

scandal.

The Supervisory Office handles all kinds of endless "little troubles" for them to ensure that these congressmen, who in the eyes of Amfilo have nothing but youth, can secure their positions, which has gained him countless "

Favor”.

At the same time, having mastered this information, for Amfilo, one day there will be a "critical moment" to exert their power. This is also the key to Amfilo's ability to firmly control the National Assembly. He recorded this information in

On a black leather notebook, it was locked in a safe that even Chairman Jose did not have the key to...

Originally, there were not many opportunities for such a big shot to "intersect" with Victor, a small city councilor, but who made Victor propose this housing reform bill that could not help but stir up the political turmoil in San Salvador, and also caused the party chairman Embrioni to

Hernandez's attention, he is ready to seize the "lead power" of this bill and break the balance of power within the Christian Democratic Party in one fell swoop.

This was the news that Victor told him after making an appointment with him. Amfilo knew that the old guy Embrioni had political ambitions for a long time. He had been drooling and staring at the position of Chairman Jose, the leader of the party, and couldn't wait.

He wants to be a "regicide" and then climb to the throne he dreams of.

Amfilo sneered at this. The triangular power structure within the party meant that this old guy had never had strong power to realize this beautiful "wishes" of his own.

But now this situation has changed. The housing reform bill proposed by Victor has moved party chairman Embrioni. He knows that as long as he seizes the leadership of this bill, he will gain an unimaginable amount of support in one fell swoop.

Overwhelming Jose's support within the party, he became the de facto "leader" of the Christian Democratic Party.

Even if this incident happened in normal times, Amfilo would definitely stand by and watch the fight between Embrioni and Jose. But now, Amfilo is not prepared to "adult beauty". Now within the Christian Democratic Party

The balance of power is a result of long-term internal struggles and compromises, and is slowly changing among the forces of all parties.

After discussions, a consensus was reached that any sudden violation of this power structure would cause immeasurable political turmoil. With the national election coming soon, "civil strife" must not occur within the Christian Democratic Party, otherwise today

A good situation may be ruined in one day.